These bags are Halloween themed but I bet they would look just as awesome with a Christmas, Valentine, or Birthday theme. Not to mention on New Years! Imagine showing up at a New Year’s eve party with a glowing bag … Read More...
Tutorial: Bear zippered coin purse
Cat Morley shares a template and tutorial over at Cut Out + Keep for making this super cute bear zippered coin purse. Get the template and tute at Cut Out + Keep.
[photo from Cat Morley on Cut Out … Read More...
Inspiration: New Years Flute Decoration
This fun table decoration uses a champagne flute with stamped imagesadded for a great New Years party idea. Visit My Paper Passion for more info, please note you’ll need to translate the page from Dutch.
-Heather
Free pattern: Purse for an 18″ doll
Ingrid from Karatootie recently surprised her daughter with a trip to an American Girl store to pick out a doll for her birthday. Her daughter is so in love with her new doll, that mama made her a new purse. … Read More...
Tutorial: Tiered cake pincushion with magnetic pin catcher
Allegory from Sew Allegorical shares a tutorial over at Riley Blake Designs’ Cutting Corners College showing how to make a tiered cake pincushion. The tiers use magnets to hold together, so they’re easily stacked and unstacked. The magnet at the … Read More...
Tutorial: Adapt a t-shirt pattern to make a cardigan
Caila from Caila-Made shows how she adapted a basic t-shirt pattern to create this cardigan for her young daughter. It has a single button at the top for a closure. The edges are all finished with an easy raw-edge binding. … Read More...
How to Make Felt Fortune Cookies
What would be more impressive for your New Year’s Eve party than to have a Fortune Cookie for each of your guests; with an encouraging fortune tucked inside your lovely handmade cookies for everyone to take home with them? Helen … Read More...
Grab a cuppa: Results of 100 Day Hustle
It’s time for the crafters who joined Kelsey Sews’ 100 Day Hustle to show off what they’ve accomplished. And they’re doing it by linking up their finished projects over at Kelsey’s. I love this patchwork zipper pouch made by Beth … Read More...
Goat Girl
I just love this freebie from Brigitte Dadaux. There are several reasons I know – I have had goats at one point in my life, but the main reason is that every time I see it I feel compelled to … Read More...
Winter Candle Cake
Winter brings about the most delightful and creative ideas for decorations, especially for candle lovers. Michaels, the well-known arts and crafts retail chain, has come up with a unique and fun way to create a wintry candle cake. This project … Read More...
Project: Washi Tape Key Board
Tired of your boring black computer keys? Why not jazz them up with some washi tape?! Check out more about this fun idea over on the Stampington and Company website.
-Heather
2013 Crochet, Here We Come!
Time is running out for 2012 and we’ll soon be welcoming 2013. I’m not huge on making New Year’s Resolutions, but this year I’ve decided to make a few resolutions regarding my crochet.
1. Use up stash on hand
2. … Read More...
Winter Wonderland For Sandy Hook
I know that most of us feel heartbroken about the recent tragedy in Sandy Hook, resulting in the death of so many innocent children and some of their teachers. But, there is one small thing that we can do that … Read More...
New Years Wine Labels and Fortune Tellers – The Party Artisan
Looking for some free printables to spice up your New Year’s Party? Look no further than the Party Artisan, who has you covered with beautiful labels for your wine (or champagne!) bottles and some fun fortune tellers. I … Read More...
Glass Bead Making Tutorial – Adding CZ’s
This tutorial is brought to you via Soda Lime Times, the cool online magazine for lampworkers and the tutorial writer Lisa Atchison. You can add CZ’s and sparkle to your beads. So cool. CZ’s look great as the … Read More...
Why Do You Clay?
I got into clay to make beads for my jewellery making hobby. And I made a ton of beads. Zedster66 tried out clay then moved onto felting… until she had a need for fabulous buttons.
One of the qualities … Read More...
Janet gets the jump on January sales
Janet Granger has already started her January sale of miniature stitchery kits! This is the perfect time to stock up. Her e-newsletter says,
… Read More...Everything on my doll’s house needlepoint kit website is in the January Sale – from needlepoint kits
Free tutorial: Liberty Patchwork Pup
Admit it: This is the cutest scrappy dog you ever saw! Helen of Bustle & Sew says, “A great make to use up fabric scraps – and an easy way to create patchwork with hexagons without paper piecing too!” Go … Read More...
Stitch and win!
Check out this awesome opportunity to have some stitchy fun and maybe win some great prizes, like this set of magnets from September House. BookwormBethie tells me,
… Read More...I’m the admin of the New Embroidery with Vintage Patterns group on flickr.
Stitch animals, help animals
Cute cute cute! Its creator, Kerry of Star Shaped and Shiny, says this pillow “features an appliqued felt tree, and uses an assortment of buttons in varying sizes and shades of green for the leaves. An embroidered owl sits among … Read More...